HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, YES IT’S TRUE had the 2nd call 732-747-8060. Leading Sales Average at Barretts www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009 (of stallions with 2 or more sold) TDN Feature Presentation IRISH GUINEAS ON DELEGATOR AGENDA Poilin Good=s Delegator (GB) (Dansili {GB}) was yes- GRADE 1 PREAKNESS STAKES terday revealed as Avery likely@ to run in next Saturday=s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas. Trainer Brian Meehan had ini- tially described a tilt at the Curragh Classic as unlikely following his charge=s second to Sea the Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the May 2 G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, but he has had a change of mind. THE LANE’S END STALLIONS IN 2009: ADelegator has taken the Guineas very well and we would have to say that he is very likely to head for The TO DATE: MORE THAN 90 STAKES HORSES Curragh, provided the ground is good,@ Meehan said PROGENY EARNINGS OF $20.9 MILLION yesterday. AIn addition to the fact he is in such good form, we have to consider that the Royal Ascot ground PREAKNESS TRIO ON THE WORKTAB could get quite firm and we could find ourselves with Preakness contenders Musket Man (Yonaguska), Papa no place to go if we wait for the middle of June and Clem (Smart Strike), and Friesan Fire (A.P. Indy) yester- then find conditions don=t suit.@ day posted workouts in preparation of Saturday=s sec- ond jewel of the CHANTILLY TARGET FOR WESTPHALIA Triple Crown. Aidan O=Brien is looking at the G1 Prix du Jockey Third in the Club for Sunday=s G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains third GI Kentucky Westphalia (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Michael Tabor, Derby, Musket Derrick Smith and Susan Magnier=s G2 Champagne S. Man fired a four- winner was promoted from fourth after staying on furlong bullet at strongly at the end of the mile Longchamp Classic and Monmouth Park is set for a step up to 1 5/16 miles. AWestphalia ran a in :46.60. Daniel good race on Sunday and, while nothing is definite, he Centeno was is a horse who we could look at the French Derby with aboard for the next month,@ O=Brien said. Friesan Fire move. AIt went Jim McCue/MJC perfect, just what I wanted,@ trainer Derek Ryan said. AI haven=t run any horses at Pimlico in quite a while, but it=s a similar track to Monmouth. I=ve won a couple stakes there.== Papa Clem, fourth in the Derby, worked an easy five furlongs in 1:05 beneath exercise rider Emundo Cedeno at Pimli- co. AI was hoping for a faster time, but I=m not worried about it,== trainer Gary Stute commented. AThe track may have been a little slow if you look at the earlier works. All his workouts before the Derby were bad except for the last one. Coming back from the Derby in two weeks, I just mainly wanted him to get a feel for the track.@ Also working at Pimlico yesterday was Friesan Fire, who disappointed with an 18th-place finish in the Derby as the 7-2 favorite. The GII Louisiana Derby hero fired a five-furlong bullet in :58.40. Regular jockey Gabriel Saez was in the irons. AAll went well,@ trainer Larry Jones said. AHe warmed up really good for it. He broke off very relaxed, as far as not trying to send him away from there, but anytime you put the blinkers on him, he gets focused and wants to start rolling. He finished up well.@ www.winstarfarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 5/13/09 • PAGE 2 of 12 P R E S U L T S P Tuesday, Saint-Cloud, France PRIX GREFFULHE-G2, i130,000, Saint-Cloud, 5-12, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/4mT, 2:14.50, hy. 1--#@CUTLASS BAY (UAE), 128, c, 3, by Halling 1st Dam: Dunnes River, by Danzig 2nd Dam: Elizabeth Bay, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Life at the Top, by Seattle Slew O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Darley; T-Andre Fabre; J-Frankie Dettori; i74,100. Lifetime Record: 3 starts, 3 wins, i95,100. *1/2 to Crested (GB) (Fantastic Light), SW & MGSP-US, $378,437; Full to Boscobel (GB), GSW-Eng, $376,564. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+. 2--Cavalryman (GB), 128, c, 3, Halling--Silversword (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr). O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Darley; T-Andre Fabre; i28,600. 3--Allybar (Ire), 128, c, 3, King=s Best--Irika, by Irish River (Fr). O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Carlos Laffon-Parias; i13,650. Margins: HF, 1HF, NK. Odds: 2.10, 9.00, 2.90. Also Ran: Topclas (Fr), Validor (Fr), Rolling Bag (Fr), Wind of Victory (Fr), Sokar (Fr). Successful on debut at Argentan Oct. 4, Cutlass Bay came back this term to bag a Fontainebleau conditions vinery.com event Mar. 30 and justified a i7,800 supplementary fee for this by leading home an exacta for the Sheikh Mohammed-Andre Fabre axis. Restrained in sixth through the early fractions, the bay homebred eased into contention rounding the home turn. He dominated for the lead approaching the final furlong and was held together under a sympathetic drive by Frankie Dettori in the latter stages to claim a career high at the expense of stablemate Cavalryman. Cutlass Bay may now point to the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly June 7. AHe=s We should have figured it out many years ago when a nice horse, but is still very green,@ Dettori told Racing Northern Dancer (a May 27th foal) won the Kentucky Post. AThe colt loved the ground and is sure to improve. Derby (Let=s Hear It for May Foals, TDN, May 12). They slowed things down rounding the final turn and Growing up in New Mexico, we didn't really want to then there was a sprint finish. Never at any moment have early foals (and yes, New Mexico does have a during the race did I think we would be beaten. He serious winter season) because the early foals always could be a Jockey-Club sort.@ tended to get sick more often due to weather condi- tions. By the time summer came along, the May foals Click for the Racing Post chart. Click for brisnet.com were doing better--because they didn't have to go pedigree-style pedigree. through the elements and battle health issues as much as the early foals. 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. In Kentucky, I know people want to get a head start This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by on things by breeding the day the sheds open (Feb. any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior 15th) but it really doesn't do any more than keeping the written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. farm from having all their foals born in April/May. Information as to the American races, race results and Spreads it out a bit--and probably easier transition-wise earnings was obtained from results charts published in on the paddocks, fields, help, etc. That aspect aside, Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the it's crazy to discount or even ignore the later foals permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. when buying yearlings or weanlings. Cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/13/09 • PAGE 3 of 12 op/ed Feedback cont. You do yourself a disservice and miss out on quality racehorses. Sure--you leave it for someone else--so they end up lucky and you are still wishing you hadn't passed that horse up. It's similar to the silly notion that the small horse isn't going to make a Saturday afternoon-type runner. I love hearing people say that nonsense and then turning around and watching the little horse win. More often than not, the little horse body puts it together faster. Their knees close earlier, they have less weight to pack around, etc. Look at Mine That Bird--little May foal. Throw out the Kentucky Derby, and he's still carrying a nice record--and a Sovereign Award. I also often hear that people don't want to breed to the smaller stallions because of their size. Yet have you taken a look at how well Northern Dancer did? And he didn't have to breed 200 mares a year to get a handful of SWs. Mr. Pros- pector as well. They were not large horses but they have pretty much controlled the quality end of the spectrum, even long after death. I'm not saying that everyone should jump ship when they are deciding on a stallion or making their short list at the sales. I'm saying think first. There is more depth to our business than just a Jan. 1 foal by a big stallion. So much more. History should tell us plenty, so don't ignore all sections of the sport and the business. One day it could very much serve you well to spend your money wisely--as opposed to spending it like everyone else does. You could be the lucky guy in the winner's circle holding a vase, cup or trophy of some sort. As Wednesday, York, Britain, post time: 3:10 p.m. opposed to sitting in the stands wondering where you DUKE OF YORK BLUE SQUARE S.-G2, ,100,000, went wrong...this time.